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ABI is also reporting that “the number of radios in the cell phone is set to rise exponentially” soon. Instead of just GPRS, EDGE, and UMTS cellular, with some Bluetooth on the side for synching and using a headset, the researchers say it will soon have GPS for location services, various versions of Wi-Fi and even WiMax for doing VoIP, FM radio and/or satellite radio, ultrawideband (UWB), RFID, and even ZigBee so you can use the phone to turn off your lights.
- excerpt from WiFi Planet News: WiFi Product Watch

Oh, my: And there was a time that we thought the combination of Bluetooth, WiFi, and cellular frequencies in the then-latest iPAQ h6315 would fry our brains …

But then WiMAX on our PDA phones does sound like, sooo desirable yes!

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